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The Trinity River Authority of Texas has selected CDM Smith to design comprehensive biosolids improvements at its 162-million-gallon-per-day Central Regional Wastewater System in Dallas, Texas, USA. The project will incorporate thermal hydrolysis to produce biosolids for safe, flexible land application at multiple outlets, with the added possibility of beneficial reuse.

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Years after converting a former chemical plant in Germany to a residential site, it was discovered that the area was highly contaminated, posing environmental and health risks for its many residents. A site rehabilitation plan will assess dangers, remediate soil and groundwater, and track progress.

Want a more sustainable approach to remediation? Take these six steps to innovate; increase efficiency and decrease costs; comply with regulations; and improve the local environment, regional economy and surrounding community.

Our success as environmental professionals often requires making sense of complex scientific data sets at our sites to a diverse audience. Conceptual site models are a valuable tool for understanding and communicating large data sets, and for making good decisions throughout the site remediation process.

A new paradigm for cleanup of complex groundwater sites is emerging that includes reconsidering how cleanup goals are selected and structured, combining technologies in space or in time, and using improved performance metrics to evaluate real progress toward risk reduction during the lifetime of the remedy.

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The triple treatment remedial approach at the Commencement Bay–South Tacoma Channel Well 12A Superfund site established a contaminant mass discharge reduction goal of 90 percent, with the technologies integrated to maximize synergy and overall treatment performance.

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The Avoca copper mines were closed after 2.5 centuries of operation, leaving significant site and water pollution. Our integrated efforts helped coordinate remediation, engage area stakeholders and study the effects on this unique location in Ireland.

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Leveraging the experience gained at the Vienna site and the Ravenswood groundwater model, CDM Smith helped EPA develop a strategy to reuse Vienna’s decommissioned AS/SVE treatment system at Ravenswood for a pilot study, enabling rapid installation with limited costs.

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: Innovative combined remedies (in situ bioremediation and in situ thermal remediation) treat chlorinated solvents and DNAPL in soil and groundwater in aggressive timeframe, enabling timely transfer of land to the city of San Francisco.

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Symbolizing a gateway to revitalization, this brownfields remediation project is a critical piece of a citywide redevelopment plan in Lawrence that will return properties to beneficial reuse, including a much-heralded landscaped parking facility.

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Reclaiming unused industrial space, a new residential and commercial district is being developed on the site of a former river port in Germany. A rehabilitation and development strategy will clean soil and groundwater contamination, control costs, and meet all regulatory requirements.

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The employees of NTEC Environmental Technology, a boutique consulting firm in Western Australia specialising in the simulation of hydrological processes and environmental impact assessments, have joined CDM Smith in Australia.